percarus
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
per-cārus: a, um, adj.,
I very dear.
I Lit., very dear, very costly, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 25.—
II Trop., very dear, very much beloved: qui eis vicissim percarus et jucundus fuit, Cic. Aem. Scaur. 17, 39; Tac. A. 2, 74; Just. 12, 12, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
percārus,¹⁴ a, um, très cher, très coûteux : Ter. Phorm. 558
